Gwynedd Constabulary

Gwynedd Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the counties of Caernarfonshire, Anglesey and Merionethshire, Wales.

The force was formed in 1950 by the merger of Caernarfonshire Constabulary, Anglesey Constabulary and Merionethshire Constabulary. It was itself amalgamated with Flintshire Constabulary and Denbighshire Constabulary in 1967, the combined force also being known as the Gwynedd Constabulary, renamed North Wales Police in 1974.

In 1965, the force had an establishment of 308 and an actual strength of 296.

North Wales Police - History ... Gwynedd Constabulary was formed in 1967 by the amalgamation of the previous Gwynedd Constabulary, Flintshire Constabulary and Denbighshire Constabulary ... In 1974, the Local Government Act 1972 created an administrative county of Gwynedd covering the western part of the police area (equivalent to the ...

Gwynedd - History ... See also Kingdom of Gwynedd Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England ... The modern Gwynedd was one of eight Welsh counties originally created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, based on the principal territory of the ... As one of its first actions, the Council renamed itself Gwynedd on 2 April 1996 ...